Chapter Thirty-Nine: Growing Dark

Chapter 39 gradually méng cage dark blue

A storm gathered in the court, and it dispersed bizarrely in an instant. A lot of updates come from

Xingyang Zheng family suddenly came out with an even more strange news, Xingyang several houses almost at the same time to the children of the family issued an order, the common people are not easy to live, the land is the foundation of their survival, so all the children in the family must not have any behavior of annexing the land.

There are a lot of children of these big mén valves, so they have a lot of land, like the Zheng family in Xingyang, which has tens of thousands of hectares. How many tuntian fields have been cultivated in a Qinghai? It's not on the territory of Xingyang, and there are not so many fields for them to swallow. Some are in Shannan, some are in Lianghuai, and some are far away in Jiangnan. They have all sent special personnel to run them.

But in general, it is not an exaggeration to spread it per capita, how many family members are there in a Zheng family, from Xingyang to all parts of the country? On the contrary, some new aristocrats and Shu landlords were more seriously annexed. Like Zou Fengchi, the land owned by individuals is almost thousands of hectares. The rewards of Wu Chenghe's court, coupled with the misdeeds of the stewards everywhere, owned more than 1,000 hectares of land.

But every move of these big families has many people paying attention. What does Xingyang Zheng's statement mean this time?

Then it dawned on people.

Li Wei is also waiting.

It doesn't count, it has to be done.

The Zheng family set an example and immediately gave a reward, sending more than a dozen doctors from Guozijian to Xingyang Zheng's house to pick up some rare books and come back to copy them, which is not a return, Li Zhi then stood up and issued an edict, which was a merit, and Li Zhi immediately "embezzled" the achievements of his son. The edict commended the Zheng family's long history and rigorous family style, said a lot of praise, and then in order to commend it, let the thirty children of the Zheng family enter the Guozijian to study.

The big head is behind, if you want to make money, you must increase the various workshop industries, as well as navigation, the Zheng family has already used someone else's name, has a fleet, and has obtained a lot of sweetness, which is also an important reason for the agreement with Li Weineng.

However, Li Wei has already sent a message to contact several major families, and the "bi" emperor will release the quota of Tonghai again. Not only the quota, but also the relaxation of various policies, including the number of people going to sea. Without allowing the people to go to sea, there was no way to reclaim overseas colonies. The latter is difficult, there are local indigenous people, but also unfamiliar terrain, hot climate, various poisons, and lush rainforests. But there are many advantages, especially for families like them, they have a lot of resources, and there are many craftsmen of all kinds, and when they go overseas, as long as they are developed, all kinds of industries can be put on, and even taxes don't need to be paid for themselves, of course, they can't say it, they just know it. The three caves of the cunning rabbit, which has a vast territory overseas, are also a cave.

Li Wei can't take the initiative to give an edict, but several major families are pressing, otherwise they will not keep their word. Needless to say, this is not to be said.

But it has already surprised everyone, and then think of the new emperor going to Xingyang and his party, and staying in Xingyang Zheng's house for several days, all of them are full of imagination. There was another incident in the middle, the Zheng family married NV to Liang Jinzhu, Huā had a lot of money, and various properties amounted to 10,000 yuan, Liang Jinzhu made a bloody investment in order to marry the NV son of the Zheng family.

After Li Wei heard it, he didn't make a sound for a long time. What kind of concept is this? The best fertile land can be bought for five or six hundred acres, the best parts can be bought for five or six hundred, and the best powder head can be bought back at the level of Di Hui and Di Hao at the beginning. The largest sea ships can build seven or eight. Turned into gold, in today's gold price is a little cheaper, can be exchanged for nearly two thousand taels of gold, when the Tibetan courtship, the gift is to offer five thousand taels of gold, treasure hundreds, that is to say, almost half of the state's financial gifts.

When the Zheng family in Xingyang saw that the dowry had come to this point, they agreed shyly. However, one thing was also done, so that this NV worshiped another local elder surnamed Pan for righteousness, and changed his surname to Pan to make a family affair in an extremely low-key manner. Although the Pan family is surnamed Xingyang Wang, the same relatives are reluctant, but it is far from the level of the Zheng family, and under Zheng Jiawei, they have to agree.

Li Wei was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, in order to match the success of this marriage, he specially asked Liang Jinzhu to "donate" 20,000 yuan to the imperial court in the name of Liang Jinzhu, and then asked his father for the title of a baron for Liang Jinzhu's young son. It was the baron of the empire who married, not a merchant. But the Zheng family in Xingyang, from top to bottom, is ashamed, and even the most humble distant relatives are reluctant to talk about it.

And in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the family, the Zheng family in Xingyang did one more thing.

Your Majesty, our Zheng family has set an example, and we have taken the initiative to cooperate with you, stop the annexation of the fields, and marry NV to Liang Jinzhu. Regardless of whether he used means or not, this concubine has made a real engagement with Liang Jinzhu's family, and he will get married soon. But you have to give us a perfect answer.

So he sent his children to study in Guozijian, and also sent Zheng Gongchu to Luoyang. This is also a statement, the educational environment in the Guozijian may not be comparable to the internal educational environment of the Zheng family, but if you are selected for the Guozijian, you can easily pass the imperial examination and enter the imperial court as an official. Let me ask, the people of the Zheng family may still be the best group of children of the Zheng family, can they pass the invigilation of Guozijian? Can you pass the imperial examination? Seeing the list of the children of the Zheng family, the examiner will also take the initiative to let go. It also brings some benefits to the Zheng family. Thirty children, once most of them pass the Jinshi examination, there will be dozens of Zheng family members who will be officials in the imperial court in the future.

The official Zheng family doesn't care much, mainly because of the relatives. If they don't join relatives, they are never at ease.

This jiāo is unknown to outsiders, and I heard that the children of the Zheng family entered Luoyang. Luoyang was a sensation, and the most anxious were the major unmarried ladies. The eagerness to wait and miss day and night made Li Wei sweat again. Almost within a few days, all the information of the thirty Zheng family children, including age, whether they are married or engaged, appearance, talent, what relatives are in the family, good friends, and so on are full of gossip in Luoyang. This is because no one has compiled the information of these thirty people into a booklet, otherwise they would have been sold out for a penny.

Li Wei thought of one thing, the North and South Dynasties still value the mén valve, every time they visit each other, they all choose the best people in the country with the best temperament, talent and appearance, so every time the two sides send an envoy, it causes a sensation. The most famous is that Li Hui and Lu Yuanming of the Northern Wei Dynasty are both Ye Xia Romantic, and their literary appearance and demeanor surprised Emperor Wu of Liang, and said to the left and right, I met a strong enemy today, and the Qing Dynasty often said that there are no people in the north, where does this come from? The Zheng family's disciples have not yet reached that level when they go to Kyoto this time, but the sensation caused by the entry of thirty disciples from Xingyang into Beijing this time is no less than much.

But Li Zhi didn't seem to be lively enough, and in the eyes of everyone, dozens of children of the Zheng family in Xingyang finally entered Luoyang. Then Li Zhi sent someone to inform Li Wei to set up a banquet in the palace to entertain him, and let Li Wei lead his ministers to greet him at Tianjin Bridge.

did not welcome the city, only one step out of the palace, but in the end, it was greeted in person, or led a group of ministers to greet in person. It can be regarded as a reciprocating attitude for the Zheng family. Li Wei was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally said, "As for it?" ”

I almost said it, who is the emperor in the end?

It's no wonder that the Wulu clan is desperate to borrow seeds from themselves, they are all civilized Central Plains, and they attach so much importance to the bloodline, not to mention the more backward Tibet.

There was no way, so I had to belatedly and reluctantly take a group of ministers to Tianjin Bridge. Li Zhi was ecstatic, and the arrogant family finally lowered his head, but Li Wei was not convinced, thinking that the specifications were too high, and deliberately asked a group of disciples of the Zheng family to wait in Qiaonan, Tianjin, for a while.

took the ministers to the Tianjin Bridge, took the first look, and said, "There are a lot of people." ”

Tianjin Qiaonan is the place where civil and military officials wait for the court, and there are no buildings in a large area. But at this time, they were all crowded with people watching the excitement. There were many little girls, in particular, who were almost screaming with champas in their hands.

wiped a handful of sweat, walked across the Tianjin Bridge, and looked again, thirty children, about the Zheng family deliberately selected, not only talented, good looks, dressed a little retro, wide clothes and big sleeves, the cool breeze of autumn blows, the clothes are fluttering, every time it floats, it makes countless little girls light up in their eyes.

Most people Li Wei knew, walked over, and called it, what San Lang Shi Lang Fifteen Lang Sixteen Lang, immediately invited to the palace, otherwise Tianjin Bridge can be "jiāo blocked". A banquet was set up to entertain them, and in order to welcome the arrival of this group of children, the imperial court also intended to set up a few mansions near Guozijian for them to settle down. After the banquet, I sent it over.

Li Wei returned to the East Palace, and the whole East Palace was also discussing the matter.

said to Di Hui in a low voice: "If the people of the Cui family and the Lu family come, how can the court be embarrassed?" ”

Di Hui laughed eatingly, and after laughing, she replied: "Amitabha, Your Majesty has always acted very calmly, and now he is looking. ”

Li Wei is also happy.

What should I do, the people of the whole country regard the five surnames and seven families as valuable, and what they say does not count. Then he called a eunuch and said, "You go and take the little lady of the Zheng family to the East Palace, I have something to talk to her." ”

It's an NV son, the Zheng family will never allow her to throw her head away, and Zheng Gongchu is not listed for the banquet in the palace this time.

After a while, Zheng Gongchu was brought in.

Still wearing a small curtain, but this time the curtain is very thin, and you can clearly see the thrush inside, and the beautiful eyes are red. I also put on some light makeup, which obviously put a lot of thought into it. Dressed in a pale blue long skirt, the skirt dragged to the ground, Nana came, like a cloud of light smoke, and her posture was extremely elegant.

"Sit."

"Your Majesty," he bowed slightly, and sat down gracefully.

"Little lady Zheng, although I don't like this kind of interest-based marriage, it is very likely that you will have a place here," he pointed to the main hall, but he was helpless, he was the emperor, and he could no longer have a free love like before, including the ambiguous relationship with the Wulu clan, the entry of Yeqi Mingyue into the palace, and even the possibility of Princess Xiangdai in the future, all of which were exchanged for interests.

"Hmm," whispered.

"If there is, I want to say it in advance, if you enter the East Palace, your Zheng family is a famous family, but I will not allow your family to mix with your harem status and the dispute of the future prince." Originally, there was no need to say this, but the madness and sensation caused by the Zheng family's children entering Beijing this time made Li Wei feel a relative, and he once again estimated the potential strength and influence of the five surnames and seven families.

"The concubine should convey it to herself."

"Also, your big families are like giant tumors, which have a serious obstacle to the unification of the imperial court's policies, but I made it very clear in your family that I don't want to use suppression to resolve this problem. It's a win-win situation, not only now, but I hope that in a few hundred years, your family and the court will be win-win. Therefore, I need your family's support and cooperation with the imperial court, which is what I want. But in the court dispute, I don't want your family to get involved. "In the past, several wives and concubines discussed that the East Palace was too thin, and they had to fill the NV to come in, and it was best to fill the NV of the five surnames and seven families in exchange for their strong support. But seeing that it was about to come true, Li Wei thought of another thing. In fact, once they are married, they have more or less influence. That's all, if you want them to gamble, it is unlikely that they will fully support it, but it is possible to make some measures to misunderstand the mother, which does not play a big role, and can also make the mother rebound strongly. It's better to make it clear.

"Whoa."

"In the end, it's you, no matter how many of you enter the East Palace, it's my wife and concubine, it's a family. As long as I keep my duty and have a good heart, I will be very happy. Your family style is strict and your family is huge, I don't want you to take advantage of the authority of your own family, or the etiquette in the family, to look down on other people in the East Palace, or oppress others. ”

"Whoa."

The affairs of the Zheng family must also be settled as soon as possible. There have been changes in the Eastern Turks, which makes Li Wei very worried, which is not something that Li Zhi can see on the surface. There are not many historical records, and it seems that the Khitans and Turks made the Tang Dynasty suffer a lot during the Wu Zhou period, and the Eastern Turks have not taken it back. It may have something to do with my mother's ignorance of military affairs and the fact that she killed many generals, but in her heart, she never dared to underestimate the impending violence of the Eastern Turks. It is not necessary to regard the Turks as their own, but the Turkic territory must be occupied, which is called defending the enemy from the state. Otherwise, from Youzhou to Hebei, from Yunshuo to Hedong, from Fengzhou to Guannei, from Lingzhou to Lingwu, they must begin to arrange heavy defenses, and the imperial court will have to pay a lot of expenses every year, which will far exceed the cost of appeasing the Turks.

Thinking about this, the war report of the Eastern Turks also happened to arrive